Band 5 Community Nurse

HCRG Care Group; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Trowbridge seeks a compassionate Community Nurse to deliver complex care. You'll join a supportive multidisciplinary team, helping vulnerable individuals. Candidates must have community care experience and strong clinical skills. This role offers varied opportunities for professional growth and meaningful contributions to patient well-being.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Supportive team environment

Meaningful work impact

Qualifications

• Must have frontline community care experience.
• Ongoing clinical professional development is essential.
• Ability to stay calm under pressure is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Participate in patient care assessment and planning.
• Maintain accurate patient records as required.
• Communicate effectively with patients and team members.
• Implement evidence-based care and best practices.

Skills

Frontline community care experience

Strong clinical judgement

Communication skills

Calm under pressure

Motivated and compassionate approach

Job description

Join Our Trowbridge Community Team – Make a Real Difference as a Community Nurse!

Are you a compassionate, skilled nurse who thrives on helping others live well at home? Do you want a role where every day brings purpose, variety, and teamwork?

Trowbridge Community Team is looking for a Community Nurse to join our friendly, supportive service based at Trowbridge Community Hospital (soon to move to Trowbridge Council Offices). We’re a passionate, multidisciplinary team delivering complex care to vulnerable individuals in their own homes and communities. It’s challenging work but deeply rewarding. You'll be part of a service that truly changes lives, helping people stay independent, safe, and well in the place they love most: home.

What We Offer:

• A fast‑paced, meaningful role where your skills make an immediate impact.
• Collaboration with an experienced, multidisciplinary team including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Consultant Practitioners, and more.
• A supportive, welcoming environment that values teamwork, growth, and wellbeing.
• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.

What We're Looking For:

• Frontline community care experience essential.
• Evidence of ongoing clinical professional development.
• Strong clinical judgement and communication skills.
• The ability to stay calm and effective under pressure.A motivated, flexible, and compassionate approach to patient care.

Main Duties of the Job

Main Responsibilities

• Participate in assessment and care planning of patient care in conjunction with the Team Manager and support of specialist team members.
• Implement and evaluate care and treatment in agreement with the patient and as defined in the care plan; escalates any deviation from the care plan or change in condition to the Team Manager, GP accordingly.
• Communicate effectively with patients, carers and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Prioritise daily work in line with clinical, patient need.
• Maintain accurate and legible patient records in line with professional and organisational requirements, including electronic patient record system and any paper records.
• Implement and work to ensure evidence‑based care, best practice.
• Actively participate and contribute to team meetings and daily handover.
• Initiate health promotion activities with individuals, patients and carers.
• Actively involved in the development and implementation of community nursing service developments and initiatives.
• Participate in clinical audit and the implementation of changes to ways of working, clinical practice as a result of findings, recommendations and action plans.
• Participate in risk assessment and promote the safety and well‑being of patients, staff and any other persons at all times and assist in ensuring a safe work environment.
• Please see the Job Description for the full list.

About Us

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

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